On March 19, 2004 the Northern Machine Building Plant (Sevmashpredpriyatiye) in Severodvinsk launched construction of a new strategic missile submarine of the Project 955 Borey type. The submarine, “Aleksandr Nevskiy”, will be the second submarine of this class. Construction of the first one – “Yuri Dolgorukiy”, began in November 1996. The submarines are expected to carry a new missile system, which will include solid-propellant Bulava missiles.

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According to the general director of Sevmash, Nikolai Kalistratov, the new strategic ballistic missile submarine of the Project 955 Borey class will be named after one of the most revered saints in the Russian Orthodox Church - St. Nicholas (who...

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